Title from disc label. Finnur Bjarnason, tenor ; Orn Magnusson, piano. Recorded 2000 December, 2001 January and September, at Salurinn, Kópavogur, Iceland. Booklet with lyrics in Icelandic and English and program notes in English, French and German (47 pages) included.
Contents:
Memorial songs on the death of Jónas Hallgrímsson, op. 45 (1958). Heimþrá (Homesickness) ; Sólhvörf (Solstice) ; Hjörtun hefjast (Hearts rise up) (6:31) -- Songs from the Saga sgymphony, op. 25 (1941). Brennusöngur Skarphéðins (Skarphéðinn's song when burning) ; Húskarlahvöt (Exhortations to the farmhands) ; Helsöngur Þormóðar (Þormóður's death song) (4:57) -- Two Icelandic folk songs, op.19b (c.1934-35). Sofðu, unga ástin mín (Slumber dearest child of mine) ; Breiðifjörður (Fjord of a thousand islands) (5:11) -- Two songs, op.18a (1931-33). Góða nótt (Good night) ; Ríma (Rhyme) (9:47) -- Three verses from Hávamál, op. 4 (1924). Þagalt ok hugalt (A king's child) ; Ungr vark forðum (I was young) ; Deyr fé (Beasts die) (3:43) -- Stattu steinhús (Stand, house of stone) op. 47a (1958) (0:59) -- Two songs, op. 14a (1929-30). Máninn líður (The moon glides) ; Vögguvísa (Lullaby) (5:07) -- Three songs from Icelandic sagas, op. 24 (1941). Þat mælti mín móðir (My mother wants a price paid) ; Ástarvísur til Steingerðar (Love poems to Steingerður) ; Haugskviða Gunnars (Gunnar's verse from his mound) (6:30) -- Three songs, op. 23. Þula (Verse) ; Draugadans (Dance of the spectres) -- Vorkvæði (Spring poem) (9:12) -- Memory-land, op. 27, no. 3 (1927-28) (2:32) -- Love verses from the Edda, op. 18b (1931-32). Löng er nótt (Long is one night) ; Í Gymis görðum (In the courts of Gymir) (5:20) -- Old Scaldic verses from Iceland, op. 31 (1944-45). Höggvinsmál Þóris jökuls (Up on the keel you shall climb) ; Siglingavísa (Seafaring verse) ; Hrafnsmál (The words of the raven) (7:33) -- Three Icelandic hymns, op. 12a (1929). Vertu guð faðir (Father above) ; Allt eins og blómstrið eina (Behold the flower) ; Upp, upp mín sál (Arise my soul) (6:13) -- Torrek, op. 33a (1947) (4:02).
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